fole

== English == === Noun === fole (plural foles) Obsolete spelling of foal. == Albanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Albanian *spālai, from Proto-Indo-European *spel (“to cleave, break”). Related to fyell and fell. Compare Greek φωλιά (foliá, “nest”), from Ancient Greek φωλεά (phōleá). === Noun === fole f (plural fole, definite foleja, definite plural foletë) nest (mainly of birds) ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === fole second-person singular aorist of flas == Danish == === Etymology === From Swedish fåla. Cognate with English foal. === Verb === fole (imperative fol, infinitive at fole, present tense foler, past tense folede, perfect tense folet) to foal (give birth to a foal) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “fole” in Den Danske Ordbog == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English fola, from Proto-West Germanic *folō, from Proto-Germanic *fulô. ==== Alternative forms ==== fool, foole, foyle foale, fowle (Lancashire); ffoole (Promptorium Parvulorum) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɔ̞ːl(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== fole (plural foles) A foal; a young horse. A colt; a young donkey. (rare) A young elephant; an elephant calf. (rare) A chick; a young chicken. (poetic) A young human; a child or youth. (poetic) A horse regardless of its age. ===== Descendants ===== English: foal Scots: fole, foill Yola: voal ==== References ==== “fōle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 July 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fole alternative form of fol (“fool”) ==== Adjective ==== fole alternative form of fol (“foolish”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== fole alternative form of folen (“to foal”) inflection of folen (“to foal”): first-person singular present indicative first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse foli. ==== Noun ==== fole m (definite singular folen, indefinite plural foler, definite plural folene) a foal (colt or filly) Synonym: føll === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse fola. ==== Verb ==== fole to foal (give birth to a foal) === References === “fole” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === (colt): fållå (Trøndelag) === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse foli. ==== Noun ==== fole m (definite singular folen, indefinite plural folar, definite plural folane) a foal (colt or filly) Synonym: føl === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse fola. ==== Alternative forms ==== fola ==== Verb ==== fole to foal (give birth to a foal) === References === “fole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fo‧le === Etymology 1 === From Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰnis, derivative of *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). ==== Noun ==== fole m (plural foles) bellows (flexible container used to blow air) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Guinea-Bissau Creole foli, from Mandinka. ==== Noun ==== fole m (plural foles) (dialect, Guinea-Bissau) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== fole m (plural foles) (Mozambique) tobacco, snuff === Further reading === “fole”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fole”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “fole” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “fole”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “fole”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “fole”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026